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home / study / math / statistics and probability / questions and answers / look at the recent issue of the final mortality ... Question: Look at the recent issue of the Final Mortality St... Bookmark Look at the recent issue of the Final Mortality Statistics from National Center for Health Statistics, or the recent issue of Health: United States. Examine the trends in cause-specific mortality and choose one of two of the leading causes of death. A) on the basis of current epidemiologic evidence, explain the factors that have contributed to the following: the observed trend in mortality rates for this disease; the changes in survival; the chances in incidence.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm

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Answer:

Two leading causes of death:

1) Ischemic heart disease
2) Lower respiratory infections

1969 through 2020, the number of heart disease deaths would decrease 21.3% among men (–73.9% risk, 17.9% growth, 34.7% aging) and 13.4% among women (–73.3% risk, 17.1% growth, 42.8% aging)
The chances of survival are greater when emergency treatment begins quickly.

In a 2005 survey, most respondents—92%—recognized chest pain as a symptom of a heart attack. Only 27% were aware of all major symptoms and knew to call 9-1-1 when someone was having a heart attack.
About 47% of sudden cardiac deaths occur outside a hospital. This suggests that many people with heart disease don't act on early warning signs.
Over the last 40 years, heart disease rates have dropped in the U.S. , so incidence of new cases is reduced, overall, but the changes varied widely by region, with the highest rates of the disease shifting from the Northeast to the South, researchers